Friends' Peace Witness In A Time Of Crisis

EDITED BY NANCY IRVING, VICKI HAIN POORMAN, MARGARET FRASER
"The peace testimony is not a proposition or law, but an unfolding story that reveals itself as we respond to the whispered words of God." - Ben Richmond, Indiana Yearly Meeting In times of crisis we ask ourselves what God requires of us. In this struggle for discernment of God's will, we turn to studying the basis of our peace testimony and the wisdom of Frineds who witnessed in past wars. The Friends included in this book represent all the major traditions of Quakerism in Canada and the USA today. Their essays examine the past, present and future of Quaker peace work in the wider world.

FWCC 2005 184 PP Paper

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Friends Spiritual Message

BY HOWARD BRINTON
each $.50 - each (multiples of 10) $.35 - each (multiples of 100) $.15

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1995 LEAFLET Tract

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Friends University (10101)

The Growth Of An Idea

BY JULIET REEVE
SECONDHAND. Nice copy, no dust jacket. Howard McKinneys bookplate. First edition. The story of Friends University in Wichita, Kansas to 1948. Illustrated with black and white photos.

Friends University 1948 320 PP. Cloth

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Friends Worship

Poster

DESIGNED BY FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE
Text: "We are met in a great task when we meet in worship, / no less than to realize the Divine Presence / and to create an atmosphere in which that Presence / and Power can touch us into fuller life. / Once we remember this, we cannot but approach the occasion with reverent humility and the desire / that nothing on our part may hinder or disturb. / It is something holy and wonderful we are trying to / build up together-the consciousness of the Presence / with us here and the reality of communion with God."

Quaker Press of FGC 23" BY 35" Blank

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From Age-ing To Sage-ing

A Profound New Vision Of Growing Older

BY ZALMAN SCHACHTER-SHALOMI AND RONALD S. MILLER
AVAILABLE AGAIN! "Schachter-Shalomi, a rabbi dreading retirement, realized that he must `recontextualize aging as the anticipated fulfillment of life, not its inevitable decline.' So he devised Spiritual Eldering-a social activism, awareness, and mentoring program. The rabbi provides instructions on selecting people to mentor and how to go about doing so. He supplies advice on helping individuals, family, community, and the planet." Denise Perry Donavin for Booklist

TimeWarner 1997 303 PP. Paper

$14.95 (low stock)

From Me To You

Love Poems

BY U.A. FANTHORPE AND ROSIE BAILEY
The respected English Quaker poet largely unknown in America and her partner Rosie Bailey write together, of love.

Enitharmon Press 2008 66 PP. Paper

$24.95 (in stock)

From The Center Out

A Curriculum On: Centering & Listening For The Call; Hearing The Call & Deciding What To Do; Responding To The Call & Leading: K - 8th Grade

EDITED BY MARTHA SMITH
This curriculum contains three lessons: 1) How to center and listen for the call, 2) Hearing the call and deciding what to do, and 3) Responding to the call and leading. Created by the Children and Youth at Sessions Group for yearly meeting, 1999 it includes many hands-on crafts, games and activities. K-8th grade.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1999 17 PP. Looseleaf

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From Time To Time (10036)

BY HANNAH TILLICH
SECONDHAND. Slightly curling hardback with tatty but extant dust jacket. Good reading copy. Autobiogarphy of the wife of Paul Tillich, covering there time in Germany and escape to America and subsequent life there. Not just a shadow of her husband, a moving story of both lives.

Stein and Day 1973 252 PP. Cloth

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From West Point To Quakerism

Php 389

BY MIKE HELLER
As a young man at West Point, Mike Heller found himself in a hostile environment, struggling to fit in where he was learning that he did not belong, searching for something to hold onto that was true and that nurtured his spirit. Now, from the wisdom and experience of greater years, he reflects on his painful and sometimes lonely passage and on how way opened for him to discover himself and his place in the world. In the best Friends' tradition of sharing our spiritual journeys, Mike Heller offers his own story, told with insight and compassion for the variety of people who crossed his path.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2007 36 PP. Paper

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Front Porch Tales

GULLEY, PHIL
When Philip Gulley began writing newsletter essays for the twelve members of his Quaker meeting in Indiana, he had no idea one of them would find its way to radio commentator Paul Harvey Jr. and be read on the air to 24 million people. Fourteen books later, with more than a million books in print, Gulley still entertains as well as inspires from his small-town front porch.

HarperOne 2007 174 PP. Paper

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Frontiers Of Justice- Coddling Or Common Sense?

Frontiers Of Justice, Volume 2

BY CLAUDIA WHITMAN, JULIE ZIMMERMAN, TEKLA MILLER
Volume 2 of this series looks at how, by our efforts to avoid "coddling" prisoners, we cut the programs that would most likely benefit them and society at large. The authors in this anthology range from volunteers to professionals in all areas of the criminal justice system. it is possible to preserve the dignity of victim, offender, criminal and country.

Biddle Pub. Co 1998 383 PP Paper

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Fueling Our Future

A Dialogue About Technology, Ethics, Public Policy, And Remedial Action

EDITED BY JUDY LUMB
In Fueling Our Future, Quakers expert in both the technical and ethical issues, provide key information, critical analysis and thoughtful dialogue on choices for our energy future. This is the first of a series of pamphlets from the Quaker Institute for the Future. Coordinated by Ed Dreby and Keith Helmuth.

Producciones de La Hamaca 2009 68 PP. Paper

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Funerals And Memorial Meetings

BY THE COMMITTEE ON ELDERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT OF BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING
This handbook clearly sets out tasks of funeral coordinators and people responsible for eldership and oversight, gives information on low-cost and `green' funerals, has tips on planning for a funeral and has a section for planning for one's own funeral. Includes a form at the back for one to fill out in preparation for your own death. Though some information is pointedly for British Quakers, American Friends will find much that speaks to their condition here as well.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2004 64 PP. Paper

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The Future Of Nature

Writing On A Human Ecology From Orion Magazine

SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY BARRY LOPEZ
Less an anthology than a vision statement, this timely collection challenges the division of human society from the natural world that has often characterized traditional environmentalism. Edited and introduced by Barry Lopez, The Future of Nature encompasses such topics as local economies, the social dynamics of activism, America's incarceration society, naturalism in higher education, developing nations, spiritual ecology, the military-industrial landscape, and the persistent tyranny of wilderness designation. Featuring the fine writing and insights for which Orion is famous, this book is required reading for anyone interested in a livable future for the planet.

Milkweed Editions 2007 304 PP. Paper

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The Future Of Peace

On The Front Lines With The World's Great Peacemakers

BY SCOTT HUNT
Scott Hunt spent years traveling to the world's trouble spots to glean wisdom from the world's great peacemakers. Here, while recounting the histories that aren't taught in textbooks, Hunt shares remarkable stories from such figures as Burma's imprisoned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the Dalai Lama, leading Vietnamese dissident Thich Quang Do, primate specialist and humanitarian Jane Goodall, and Cambodian patriarch Maha Ghosananda. The book is both a message of hope and a call to action, exploring the implications of remaining steadfast to a vision of compassion.

HarperSanFrancisco 2002 372 PP. Paper

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The Future Of The Earth

An Introduction To Sustainable Development For Young Readers

BY YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND; ADAPTED BY ROBERT BURLEIGH
An attention-grabbing primer on mankind's direct and indirect effects on the natural world, this important book explains how such topics as global trends, economic disparity, and invasive species, among others, have changed the world in which we live. Yann Arthus-Bertrand's spectacular aerial photographs feature fragile environments that are at risk of being lost as well as places that have already seen the devastating effects of human behavior. A poignant overview of the state of the globe, this book encourages readers to understand what is happening in the environment and to take action.

Abrams 2004 76 PP Cloth

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Fwcc Friends Directory

2002 Edition

BY THE FRIENDS WORLD COMMITTEE FOR CONSULTATION
Lists monthly and yearly meetings, schools, centers, and retirement homes in the US and Canada. Includes addresses, phone numbers.

FWCC 2002 304 PP. Paper

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Gaia Song Of The Vanishing Tribe

BY MARK BERRY AND PAIGE DEPONTE
Not sure what to make of this huge book - it wasn't what I thought at all. Thirteen inches square, an inch thick with sepia photographs of natural landscapes, animals and people in New Guinea, Asia and Africa. Some incredible pictures - but also some rather out of focus or arty'ones, linked by poems printed a few words to a page. Food for thought, great for school projects or as posters? Gaia here stands for Global Arts In Action. Comes with CD of rather Trancy music! Was $59.95

GAIA 2001 MANY PAGES Cloth

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Gandhi - India's Great Soul

BY MAURA SHAW, ILLUSTRATIONS BY STEPHEN MARCHES I
This colorful book offers you a window into the world of Mahatma Gandhi. You will learn about Gandhi's life--from his time as a student in London to his work for equality in South Africa and India--and his methods of peaceful, but not passive, resistance to injustice. Through engaging biography, activities inspired by Gandhi's values and beliefs, and the words of Gandhi himself, Gandhi: India's Great Soul will show you how to achieve your goals through persistence and persuasion rather than through violence and fighting.

Skylight Paths 2003 32 PP. Cloth

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Gandhi - The Young Protestor

Who Founded A Nation

BY PHILIP WILKINSON
A well-rounded selection of archival photographs and other images illustrate this title in the World History Biographies series. Double-page spreads describe phases in Gandhi's life, from childhood to his tragic death, detailed in Wilkinson's straightforward, succinct language and in anecdotes, which will capture young people's attention and also humanize the great leader: as a young lawyer, for example, Gandhi was too shy to speak in courtrooms. Some spreads offer background on related subjects, such as the roots of Indian-British confrontations. Maps and photographs of Indian locations and a time line (running in a banner along the bottom of most pages) give further context.

National Geographic 2005 64 PP. Cloth

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Gandhi And Beyond

Nonviolence For An Age Of Terrorism

BY DAVID CORTRIGHT
Is there room for nonviolence in an age of terrorism? Longtime peace activist and authority on creative nonviolence David Cortright makes a strong case for the need for nonviolent action now more than ever. Drawing on the legend and lessons of Gandhi, he traces the history of nonviolent social activism through the early 20th century to the civil rights movement, the Vietnam era, and up to the present war in Iraq. He offers a critical evaluation and refinement of Gandhi's message, laying the foundation for a renewed and deepened dedication to nonviolence as the universal path to social progress and antidote to terrorism.

Paradigm 2006 265 PP. Paper

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Gandhi And Jesus

The Saving Power Of Non - Violence

BY TERRANCE RYNNE
The author writes of how Mohandas Gandhi, inspired by the Sermon on the Mount and the death of Jesus on the cross, offers hope for the world now. Gandhi's example and the record of nonviolent action since his death is not just a model but a way of understanding Christianity and our purpose on earth, that has long been espoused by Quakers.

Orbis Books 2008 240 PP. Paper

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Gandhi, Great Soul

BY JOHN SEVERANCE
For ages 10 - 14 years a good readable biography of Gandhi. Winner of many awards when published.

Clarion books 1997 143 PP. Cloth

$7.50 (in stock)

Gandhi In His Time And Ours

The Global Legacy Of His Ideas

BY DAVID HARDIMAN
The first two thirds of the book look in some detail at how Gandhi's ideas have been developed in India to the present time, including Chipko, and women's rights among many other avenues. The final third or so focuses on his global legacy, Martin Luther King and Petra Kelly for example.

Columbia University Press 2003 336 PP. Cloth

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Gandhi's Way

A Handbook Of Conflict Resolution

BY MARK JUERGENSMEYER
This book offers a straightforward, step-by-step approach that can be used in any conflict - at home, in business, in local, national or international arenas. The author sets out Gandhi's methods and illustrates with practical examples how parties at odds can rise above a narrow, self-interested view to find resolutions that are satisfying and beneficial to all involved. Juergensmeyer constrasts Gandhi's ideas against those of other great social thinkers in a series of imaginary debates that challenge and clarify Gandhi's thinking on issues of violence, anger and love.

University of California 2002 174 PP. Paper

$15.95 (low stock)

Garbage Land

On The Secret Trail Of Trash

BY ELIZABETH ROYTE
Out of sight, out of mind ... Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, broken toys, tattered socks, cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels.... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away? This book leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the can. Along the way, we meet; garbage fairies and recycling gurus; neighbors of massive waste dumps; CEOs making fortunes by encouraging waste or encouraging recycling-often both at the same time, and scientists trying to revive our most polluted places.

Back Bay 2005 311 PP. Paper

$7.50 (in stock)

The Garden At Night

Burnout And Breakdown In The Teaching Life

BY MARY ROSE O'REILLEY
It's no wonder that burnout plagues the teaching profession. Teachers are on the front lines every day, meeting the needs of too many students at once. Meanwhile, they must also address an increasingly complex assortment of third-party expectations and deal with the politics of their schools and their departments. Whether you're a beginning teacher trying to sustain your idealism, or an experienced professional courting burnout, take a deep breath and read Mary Rose O'Reilley's The Garden at Night. O'Reilley draws on numerous experiences from the classroom and collegial life and identifies strategies that tap your own courage and strength.

Jossey-Bass 2006 80 PP. Paper

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The Garden Of Truth

The Vision And Promise Of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Traditio

BY SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
One of the world's leading scholars of Islamic thought and spirituality, Iranian-born and Western-educated Nasr is a respected intellectual figure in both the West and the Islamic world. The Garden of Truth explores Sufism, the Islam of the whirling dervishes of Turkey, the Qawwali musicians of India, the esoteric philosophers of Arabia, the Persian painters of miniatures, the architects of the Ottoman Empire, and the love poets such as Rumi.

2007 252 PP. Cloth

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The Gardener

BY SARAH STEWART
Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the city, where she goes to stay with her uncle. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers' faces with the flowers she grows. She also manages to help her dour uncle to smile in his own way. Written as letters back to her parents, this is a lovely story which exemplifies the adage "brighten the corner where your are." A Caldecott Honor book. Ages 4-9.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2007 32 PP. Paper

$6.95 (in stock)

Gathered Meeting

BY THOMAS KELLY
Kelly's short but wonderful writing on a gathered meeting for worship.

Tract Association 1997 LEAFLET Tract

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